Hay-carrier



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. PORTER, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,691, dated March '7, 1882.

Application filed September 5, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. PORTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay-Carriers and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the arts to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is, first, to enable the carrier to move on a circular way or track suspended by hooks attached to rafters of the barn, so as to more easily deposit the hay in the sides and corners ofthe barn or loft. This I accomplish by placing a double hinge in the frame of the carrier, so as to enable the said frame to adapt itself either to a straight or curved way and to move along easily and without straining.

The object of my invention also consists in corrugating or fluting the heel of the brake on the under side, so shaped as to straddle the rope instead of resting simply on top. as isthe case with other similar devices. With the corrugations in the groove coming to a point in center of flute in heel of brake bearing on the rope, the slipping of the said rope after the brake is down is prevented, because the ridged surface of the said brake and fluted face of the end of the brake or look have a much firmer hold on the rope than the straight or smooth surface formerly used'without th fluting to fit the rope, as mine has.

Figure l is a side view of the whole apparatus; Fig. 2, atop view of the circular track and car thereon and Fig. 3, detached views of the brake.

(No model.)

The way A, Figs-1 and 2, is made of wood, flat on top, and should have a width of from three to five inches. In its center line are placed, at proper distances, the hooks B B, by which the way A is held suspended. Thus there is a free space on each side of these hooks on which roll the four rollers G O C O in the frame D. This frame D is hinged in the middle, at E,in such a manner as to allow two of the rollers O O to have a lateral motion, accordingtothe curve of the way A.

The hinged parts F F are connected at their lower ends with the frame D by means of slotted clevises at G, through which passes a bolt, H, in such a manner as to allow of a lateral motion without destroying the compactness and solidity of the machine.

The brake I has its under side ridged or grooved out to lit a rope, and then serrated, so as to obtain an immediate hold upon the rope and stop it instantly, which is found to cause less wear of the rope and also a considerable gain in time when operatingthe machine, serrations being angular or V-shaped, as shown in Fig. 3, in order to securely bite into the rope and effectually prevent slipping.

The rest ot'thc machine consists of the pulley K and block L, and to which I lay no claim.

VVhatI claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination, in a hay-carrier, of the circular way A, having hooks B B, with the frame D, hinged at E in such a manner as and for the purpose described.

JOSEPH E. PORTER.

Witnesses:

P. TALBOT, EDWARD RosE. 

